Irish Fiddle Lesson - [The Basics] Bowing Your Fiddle

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Everyone :) Thanks for all the comments and likes - Please feel free to ask any questions about this fiddle lesson or about Irish music in general and we'll get back to you straight away. Remember to subscribe to our channel and click the bell to get notified of our new video releases.

[@abbykilroy9065]

You are the best teacher! You made the fiddle easy to understand and learn! Thank you so much for making a wonderful and helpful video for people like me who are just beginning 😁

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Glad you got a lot out of it Abby! Here's a link to the full course info - www.oaim.ie/irish-fiddle/fiddle-basics/

[@martinanathan]

Niamh, thank you so much for these videos. I started to learn as an adult about 15 years ago and then gave it up for about 15 years!! I'm recently back at it now and all these little tips are brilliant and are definitely going to make me a more confident player. You are so clear in your instructions. Thanks again.

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Martina, glad you liked the videos ! See more here - www.oaim.ie/irish-fiddle/fiddle-basics/

[@jasonwilliams3478]

Awesome, just the type of practice I was looking for! Thanks for posting!!

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Jason, lot's more lessons with Niamh on the site - www.oaim.ie/irish-fiddle/fiddle-basics/

[@makailagarretson7708]

Great videos btw! 👏 You are an amazing teacher! I'd love more beginner tunes and tips by you! Thank you for sharing 💕

[@grandee2010]

An insightful explanation to how we can get the rhythm for themusic .

[@clairemcmorris1244]

Black and Decker 😂😂...hey it works I'm just starting to learn the fiddle, play the guitar so finding holding the bow a little tricky but ill get there 🙌🏻

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Keep practising Claire !

[@dragnflei]

I love these little tips to help remember the different rhythms . But if “rashers-and-sausages” is a jig and “black-and-decker” is a reel, what type of tune would “four-and-twenty-blackbirds” be?

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Glad you like the vid! Not sure, I didn't hear that before, sorry.

[@kathleengarrett8600]

Brilliant

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Kathleen. Lot's more lessons from Niamh here - www.oaim.ie/irish-fiddle/fiddle-basics/

[@pany80]

Hi brilliant video, so clear and easy to follow. Am going to start the fiddle myself and join in with my kids as they learn but what type would you recommend for me? I'm in Ireland, thanks!

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Any fiddle will do to get you going .

[@005musicschool]

Suzuki Method - Strawberries and ice cream! So far the first 4 lessons seem to be based on Suzuki Method of Violin playing. What is the REAL difference when it comes to Scottish and Irish fiddle playing?

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

zero difference at this stage.

[@makailagarretson7708]

Is it just me or is the rasher's (2nd set) so difficult after doing the first lol I keep automatically playing the four and twenty black birds!

[@rossmichael7532]

Now i need to run out and get me a black and decker drill, some sausages and rashes.

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

LOL

[@annawamugure5354]

Am a beginner and I know not how to read music,does this mean i have a long way to get into correct tunes?

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Anna, You don't need to read music to play Irish music. Traditionally it is learned by ear with the help of simple ABC notation. Have you been following these lessons?

[@annawamugure5354]

@@onlineacademyofirishmusic no i haven't please help

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Start by taking these 6 lessons on our KZbin playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLKIuLCXpS-wticiBY7dcuyA2rv0mOnhBs - Let me know how you are getting along :)

[@jpof]

For the non-Irish out there, rashers = bacon.

[@archiereece8321]

i like bacon

[@fourakres]

should i also be memorizing the notes? like when i play an e string, should i be thinking, e?

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for the question :) You should be training your ear to know when you are playing the correct note or not. Lot's of deliberate slow practice will get your playing up to speed. Have you started to practice the bowing patterns?

[@fourakres]

i play the piano, so i know by ear when i'm playing the note that sounds right. i just wondered if i should be memorizing where the E is, where the f# is, etc. so far, i'm thinking, 4th finger, 3rd finger, etc. i know the GDAE strings (Good Dogs Are Excellent. lol). bowing--yes, and i think it's going pretty well, especially since this is my first time going this far with a stringed instrument!!! LOVE your lessons!!! very do-able!!!

[@fourakres]

in watching the 6th lesson, i answered my own question, that yes, i need to be memorizing the note i'm playing, rather than just the finger used. so instead of thinking "4 and 20 blackbirds," i'm thinking, D D D D D D, A A A A A A...," etc. lol.

[@onlineacademyofirishmusic]

Hi Elizabeth, glad you have that sorted now, have you got the tune Maggie in the Woods?